146, Lot: 187. Estimate $300. Sold for $261. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (30mm, 10.96 g). Ephesus mint. Struck after AD 128. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia. RIC II 475a var. (bust type); Metcalf, Cistophori, type 8 var. (same, unlisted dies); BMCRE 1091 var. (same); RSC 536 var. (same). VF. Unpublished variety! Overstruck on an Antony and Octavia cistophoric tetradrachm, RSC 2.